Diocese of Barentu, Eritrea 🇪🇷 (Eritrean Rite)

Rite: Eritrean (Alexandrian)

Name: Barentu / Barentuan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Asmara

1995.12.21: Established as Diocese of Barentu / Barentuan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Asmara, from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Asmara and became suffragan of Addis Abeba)
2015.01.19: Became suffragan of Asmara

Bishop (2001.10.04 – ...):

Bishop Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap. (75)

Bishops of Barentu (Eritrean Rite)

Bishop Thomas Osman, O.F.M. Cap. (75)
(2001.10.04 – ...)

Bishop of Barentu of the Eritreans (Eritrea)

Bishop of Barentu of the Eritreans (Eritrea) (2001.10.04 – ...)

Bishop Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap.
(1995.12.21 – 2001.10.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Asmara (Eritrea) (1971 – 1995.12.21)

Bishop of Barentu of the Eritreans (Eritrea) (1995.12.21 – 2001.10.04)

Khartoum (←), Keren (↗), Asmara (→), Adigrat (↓)

Area: 37,000 km²

Population: 56,000 Catholics (5.2% of 1,068,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes, 14 missions

Personnel: 29 priests (8 diocesan, 21 religious), 58 religious (22 brothers, 36 sisters), 8 seminarians

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